Lot 06070

à l intelligence de la Géographie sacrée et prophane. Tome XVI, Paris, c.1731″. Map in outline color. Relief shown pictorially. “Ante pag 1.” Sheet size: 68 x 49 cm. Map size: 62 x 47 cm. Condition: very good. DeLisle is important as the first “scientific” cartographer who incorporated the most current information on exploration and topography into his maps. This copy is without title page, as issued. This is a relatively early edition of DeLisle s untitled atlas, published in Paris, with most of the maps having the “Quai de l Horloge” imprint. Ref. Zach. 1356/922.